NEWS

Posted February 26th, 2012

For the next two weeks, watching TV might just pay. Viewers of Fox KRBK in Springfield will have the chance to compete for $1,000 and other prizes as part of InTOUCHTV, an application for iPhone and iPad that launched Monday.The new app is the creation of VEIL Interactive, a St. Louis-based company that specializes in developing interactive technology for television. VEIL and KRBK are both owned by Koplar Communications.Paul Windisch, general manager of KRBK, said the app is the first of its kind. Springfield was chosen as a test site and VEIL hopes to eventually distribute the app across the country.